Blizzard has updated their hotfix notes for August 17th. These notes include many fixes to spells not behaving properly after swapping specs.
August 17, 2026 Hotifxes
Classes
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Corrected an issue where Dire Beast Kill Commands from the Wildspeaker Talent did not properly benefit from Killer Instinct, Alpha Predator, Specialized Arsenal, or Savagery.
- Beast Mastery
- Priest
- Holy
- Corrected an issue where swapping from Shadow to Holy specializations could improperly cause Shadow Word: Pain to not turn into Holy Fire.
- Holy
- Shaman
- Corrected an issue where swapping between specs may incorrectly cause Lava Burst to show up as Primal Strike in your spellbook.
- Warlock
- Destruction
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip of Shadowburn would not display the correct duration.
- Destruction
Delves
- In Delves, Ula’tek’s Amphisbaena Writhing Strike poison can only get one aura at a time. Damage reduced 25%, and the cooldown on Writhing Strike increased.
- Fixed an issue causing Corrosive Bilespear to not proc at higher ranks.
Lairs
- Resolved an issue causing the sharks to not bite in The Tidebound Grotto.
Naigtal and Val
- Players in Heroic World Tier can again talk with a sprit healer to exit Heroic World Tier and resurrect.
Quests
- Ofi the Sly should now properly accept that the concoction is complete for “Acceptable Apprentice”.
- Fixed an issue preventing characters under level 90 from completing activities related to Saltheril’s Soiree and Abundance.



